Hi, I think we all know that this import is supported by our local community here in Belgium.
What I know about imports: - Always use separate accounts - Always announce on the imports list oh, and maybe that wiki page should change then? I think it needs to be merged with this one: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Import/Guidelines As i understand the Urbis import is not really mechanical editing? Met vriendelijke groeten, Best regards, Ben Abelshausen [email protected] http://twitter.com/xivk On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Jo <[email protected]> wrote: > Here we go again. I've been reading this page, when I was checking out > what was needed for adding the UrbIS data: > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Mechanical_Edit_Policy > > Where I found the following: > Execute > > We recommend setting up a special account for mechanical edits but you may > use your existing account. Any account used to perform mechanical edits > must have agreed to the new Contributor Terms. > > > I can't help it that information on the wiki is in several places. At > first I actually added this bot=yes flag to my changesets. > > > Anyway, I even discussed this with Frederik Ramm. He was very surprised, > but he didn't change the page, nor did he notify Paul Norman and Co. The > page has not been changed since then. > > Anyhow, I did what needed to be done to comply with that page, maybe it > should link to all other pages, so people contemplating to do some sort of > import know which hoops need to be jumped through. > > > As far as the integration goes, I tried to learn from what happened in > France. Correct integration with already existing data and such. We don't > have blocks of houses with no streets in between. Discussion with the local > community has taken place. Not a single soul objected to the fact that we > would soon have all address data for Brussels capital region into the > database. In fact, I think that everybody is hoping that the rest of > Belgium will follow suit in the foreseeable future. PNorman shouldn't > despair, it's unlikely that this will happen the first 10-15 years... > Brussels information services is quite a pioneer to release their data > under a free license. > > We've been at it for several months now, how come it's only being noticed > at this point in time? Did our changesets grow bigger, or is it only when > the information density becomes higher that flags are raised? > > Kind regards, > > > Jo > > > 2013/8/16 Benoit Leseul <[email protected]> > >> Hi all, >> >> FYI, I received the following message from pnorman after doing an >> Urbis import today. You may want to refrain doing this until the >> situation is clarified. >> >> >> Hello, >> >> I noticed you conducting an import with >> >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/17361862 >> >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/17360583 >> >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/16596677 >> >> http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/changeset/16572616 >> >> The import guidelines require that imports be done from a dedicated >> account, after consultation with the local community and imports@ and >> be documented on the wiki. This was not done here. >> >> I can find no record of consultation with the imports@ mailing list. >> Where is it? >> >> You need to use a dedicated account >> >> To contact me you can send a message or email the data working group. >> >> Paul Norman >> for the Data Working Group >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Talk-be mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-be mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-be > >
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